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Soronnadi Clara Ngozi1, Neboh Emeka Ernest2

  • 1Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State, Nigeria.

Nigerian Medical Journal : Journal of the Nigeria Medical Association
|May 3, 2014
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Chronic smokingclotting factorshaemostatic dysfunctionlong-term smoking

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